Underwriting
Tesco launch; Allianz products; Arkel new boss
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
The rules in someone's head: Referral discipline and key-person risk in delegated authority
Every delegated authority operation has a written referral schedule. Most also have a second, unwritten one, which is the version an experienced underwriter actually applies. This content highlights the hidden operational risk of the unwritten method and…
Guidewire pays £1.2bn for Hyperexponential
Guidewire is set to buy Hyperexponential for $1.7bn (£1.27bn), with $400m (£300.05m) more payable if recurring revenue targets are hit, as it looks to ‘define’ the use of artificial intelligence in underwriting.
Ardonagh merges global MGA businesses to create $3bn platform Orvia
Ardonagh Group is to merge all of its international managing general agent businesses under the Orvia Underwriting brand creating a platform that controls $3bn (£2.25bn) of gross written premium.
Building an autonomous insurance platform: Why only a platform strategy will succeed
Most insurers didn’t set out to build AI confusion; it just happened one point solution at a time. This blog highlights the real barrier to AI’s promise in insurance and why a platform strategy holds the key to building synergy between policy management,…
Brit’s launch; Apollo x Generali; Acrisure’s UK retail CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
From manual bordereaux to trading agility
From manual bordereaux to trading agility Insurance pricing can now change daily, but trading infrastructure hasn’t kept pace. Matt Wellman of Applied Systems explains why manual bordereaux must go and why it’s time to rethink the connection between…
Advance the possible: How to build an autonomous insurance platform
How can insurers cut through the AI hype and take ideas to production? This guide explains how one reusable AI layer can connect underwriting, policy, billing, claims, and customer engagement, and puts agentic AI to work on the core system you already…
How AI is redefining the art and science of underwriting
As artificial intelligence adoption expands across underwriting, Marcel Le Gouais examines how a more complete picture is emerging of where automation ends and human judgement remains.
Fraudsters share intelligence every day - why don't insurers?
Today’s criminal networks can share information quickly and exploit weaknesses across multiple insurers. This blog highlights why insurers are struggling to share intelligence effectively and how the industry can turn a willingness to collaborate into a…
Pricing at pace: Staying competitive in a faster-moving market
In increasingly fast-moving and volatile insurance markets, pricing is moving from the back office to the boardroom. This article explores the key themes emerging from a recent Insurance Post roundtable, hosted in association with Optalitix.
Howden’s pet launch; Brown and Brown’s grad programme; Flood Re's chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
CII has successive female presidents for first time in history
The Chartered Insurance Institute has elected Debbie Mitchell as its next president, with Mandy Hunt following on afterwards.
Synthetic ID fraud on the rise in AI era
Once a niche scam involving individual ‘Frankenstein’ profiles, synthetic identities have evolved into a highly industrialised driver of organised fraud. This content highlights how AI is helping fraudsters generate synthetic IDs at scale, and the threat…
Top 100 UK Insurers 2026: Axa
Axa remains in ninth place on this year’s Top 100 UK Insurers list, after combining its retail and commercial arms under a single structure earlier this year.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2026: Intact Insurance
Intact Insurance, formerly known as RSA, has moved from fourth to sixth place on this year’s Top 100 UK Insurers list after the provider pulled out of personal lines.
Why we’re putting shared expertise to work in 2027
Trade Voice: Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents Association, reflects on a year of growth for the MGA sector and sets out why learning, development and practical regulatory engagement will be centre stage in 2027.
Insurance document fraud moves upstream
From fake-damage imagery and forged repair invoices to number plate swaps on photos of genuine accidents, insurers are reporting record levels of claims document fraud driven by AI manipulation. This content explores how AI enabled document fraud is…
Designing the insurance policy of the future
At a recent Insurance Post webinar, held in association with Hyland and Duck Creek Technologies, an expert panel examined how AI could reshape commercial insurance and the respective roles of technology, humans and governance. This content highlights the…
Clear’s M&A; Konsileo’s investment; FOS’s chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
After Blueprint Two: what a cargo coverholder should stop waiting for
In March 2026, Lloyd’s set out a new strategy and confirmed it was transitioning away from Blueprint Two. This content highlights the implications for cargo coverholders, and how tigerlab’s platform connects delegated authority and brokerage operations.